RIC-20238 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 4 – Parts of Speech

Nouns with a gender
Some nouns name male or female people and animals. These are called
gender nouns. The nouns for males are called masculine nouns (e.g. son,
king), and those for females are called feminine nouns (e.g. girl, aunt).
Some nouns can be used to name both males and females. These are
called common gender nouns (e.g. baby, teacher, cousin, doctor, student,
astronaut).
The nouns that name things that are neither male nor female are called
neuter nouns (e.g. chair, pen, sad).
In the following article, the feminine nouns are in bold.
Local
Chloe Repus, a waitress and the niece
of a local landlady, came to the rescue at
the opening night of the play, ‘The Witches
of WA’. Chloe moved to Harvey three years
ago with her two young daughters.
The budding actress played the role of
the Fairy Queen in the local production.
dubbed ‘The Heroine of Harvey.
As the audience watched last night, the cable
lifting Kiara Pord, playing the flying Witch
of WA, snapped. Chloe quickly pushed some
stage props, two fluffy ewes, under the falling
mother of four, cushioning her fall. The theatre
company praised Chloe’s bravery, calling her
‘The Heroine of Harvey!’
1. (a) Rewrite the article, changing the feminine nouns to masculine or common nouns. There are
some other words you will also need to change.
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(b) Circle six neuter nouns in the text.
2. In the box provided next to those words, write N for neuter, C for common, M for masculine or F
for Feminine.
bull aunt manager bride duke
giant child happiness parent bike
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